Plinko Math- God Algorithms?

[MikeInfinity]

Write an equation for this: A plinko disc weighing 0.5 oz 2'' in diameter. There are 7 slots in which to start the plinko cascade there are 8 slots in which the plinko disc could end up. The plinko disc will fall 5'' before it touches it's first obstruction, which will be a metal rod. The rod will make contact near the disc's center and send it in one of two directions. Left or Right? Then the disc's next obstruction will be dependant upon the first equation's solution. The disc will do this 10 more times before it ends at rest at the bottom of the plinko board. Correct me if I am wrong but all data to figure out this equation is present, but the variables that determine the cascade are so minute there is no computer, certainly no person, which can equate this. Is this another one of those God algorithms?

The factors that I believe are the variables that cause the plinko disc to deviate: 1) Earth’s rotation 2) Particle rotation at the atomic level in both disc and rod 3) Microscopic imperfections on both surfaces 4) Disc to individual rod magnetic polarity- I could go on and on.

If you drop a plinko disc from exactly the same spot, what factors cause the disc to deviate or differ every drop thereafter?

[AntonioLao]

The plinko disc is an example of a random variable and it is approximated by the probability distribution called normal or Gaussian distribution.

[Unreal Zelta]

Try messaging Dave (dleviwing), and if he's in a giving and happy mood, he'll probably explain the physics behind it

regards

Zelta

[MikeInfinity]

Gaussian distribution, yeah, it’s something like an average right? But what stimuli cause it to differ? If there are 8 slots where the disc could end up at rest, and the slot you drop the disc in is the center of the 7 possible slots to begin the cascade; which of the 8 possible rest positions would be the most favorable? And why?
Random??? If you drop an 8-pound ball from a 13.5' roof; is the time it takes to hit the ground 'random'? When dropping the 8-pound ball put a hard spin to the right on it; is it random that the ball hits the ground and bounces to the right? Or is it probable that the ball would bounce right? What I'm saying is physics is not guesswork nor is it random. There is a specific reason or cause for the plinko disc to hit the first rod and go either Left or Right.

If the disc hit the rod exactly at the center of balance of the disc in an environment that would not affect it in any way; the disc and the rod being perfect surfaces, the plinko disc should bounce like a basketball and then come to rest without going left or right. Right? Then in the real world there is a reason that the disc deviate. If dropped from the same spot, what causes the change? This is a serious inquiry; I'm not trying to be difficult. I am a layman, Thanks.

[Unreal Zelta]

When dropping the 8-pound ball put a hard spin to the right on it; is it random that the ball hits the ground and bounces to the right? Or is it probable that the ball would bounce right? What I'm saying is physics is not guesswork nor is it random. There is a specific reason or cause for the plinko disc to hit the first rod and go either Left or Right.

The fact that the player has to release the disc motionlessly makes the outcome random.

Here is a link, http://mathdemos.gcsu.edu/mathdemos/plinko/

regards

Zelta